Himachal court defers ban on plastic packed food items
byShimla: Ban of plastics used for storage and sale of processed food items like biscuits, potato chips, candies and others that was to come…
Industry
Gas Price Rise: gains without merit
byDoubling of natural gas price to $8.4/MMBtu from $4.2/MMBtu, the UPA II government has brought cheers in the camps of oil producers, but a glum…
Cross border trade a necessity for India’s border states
byThe media and strategic community in India has a rather jaundiced view when it comes to the role of states in the country’s foreign…
China: dazzling economy or shrewd statecraft
byDefying global recession, what is it that makes the economy of China beat the blues while other giants like USA and Europe are humbled?…
Industrialists say J&K not doing enough to promote it
byJammu: The number of identified sick industrial units in Jammu and Kashmir is rising and industrialists say the government is not taking adequate measures to…
BJP unmasks Congress governments double stance on cement industry
byShimla: Tearing into the duplicity of Congress party over curtailing cement industry, opposition BJP lashed out saying that when the government had decided to…
Power hike to render hill industry uncompetitive, unviable – Himachal industry
byIndustrialists have opposed the stiff hike in power tariffs as approved by HP State Electricity Regulatory Commission in its order for 2013-14 saying that…
New ‘Chashme Badddor’ picks up business, old film charms
byNew Delhi: Indian cinema, in its 100 years’ legacy, witnessed for the first time, the digitally restored version of Sai Paranjpye’s 1981 “Chashme Buddoor”,…
A car that goes 1,000 km with just a litre of fuel
byAbu Dhabi: A team of engineering students in the UAE have designed a car that could potentially travel up to 1,000 km on just…
Himachal hydro project yet to get central nod
byShimla: Public sector hydropower undertaking Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (SJVNL) has spent Rs.104 crore on a mega project in Himachal Pradesh, which is…